If I posted in your other other thread, my answer was probably to have your mother walk with you. In my family, the bride walks with both parents. It has nothing to do with our religion or ethnicity.

I remember driving my daughter to sing at her 1st wedding 15 years ago – she was 15 and both parents walked with the bride (large, Catholic, city chuch- reminded me of a cathedral).

I’ve always thought that walking only with a male relative went back to sexist and archaic traditions. I think a bride should walk by herself, walk with her husband, meet her husband halfway, or walk with a close/important person, in her life.

My daughter’s friend walked with her grandmother, who always lived with her family. (Both her parents are alive and attended the wedding).

Astra : no you read it correctly they don’t get along (but they haven’t seen each other in years so I’m not sure if they still truly dislike each other) but I would hope that they would push whatever it is aside for me for a little while and I’m not officially engaged we talk about it though but the topic came about when my FMIL asked me who would walk me down the aisle. we know we want to get married at the church we go to it would be indoors and I think wide enough for both to walk me down it’s a big church

bluehawaii : thank you! I think it’ll be sweet to if not I’m going to have my mom walk me down 🙂

2XMOB : that’s a cute idea that you had both parents walk you down! I don’t think that I would ever walk by myself but I LOVE the idea of meeting him half way! Thank you for that idea I’m def going to put that into consideration!

I had my dad and my brother walk me down and I wouldn’t have had it any other way. I married in a Catholic church (small hometown church), and the aisle was big enough that there weren’t any problems. I say go for it!

My mother and stepfather will be walking me together! I am excited about it. And although I was an adult by the time he and my mom married, he never had bio children of his own so I think he is pretty pumped too!